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Applying Screen Stencils - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: FileMaker Pro 12 Essential Training
Applying Screen Stencils
One of the big benefits of working with FileMaker Pro over any other database is that you can deploy FileMaker databases on various devices like the iPad, iPhone, or iTouch using FileMaker Go. Each of these devices has different screen sizes, and you should really design your layouts to fit the device. Keep it in mind that I could access the same database either on my Desktop, on the web, or on any one of the devices that I just mentioned. Sometimes it's a good idea to either make sure all your layouts conform to whatever device or design specialized layouts for each device. Now sometimes even users on Desktops could have different screens with various screen resolutions, it doesn't really matter the size of the screen, but rather the resolution of the screen. So some folks might have to scroll around a little bit more. So it's a good idea to take all those different users into account when you're designing your layouts. One of the things that you can use in Layout mode to help you…
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Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping, and locking layout objects13m 47s
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Applying Screen Stencils4m 3s
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Placing and formatting objects, parts, graphics, and image fills10m 41s
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Applying gradients2m 25s
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Formatting fields and applying field attributes7m 27s
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Understanding object states2m 18s
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Setting field behaviors3m 58s
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Using the Tab Control feature11m 17s
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Setting the tab order5m 1s
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